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A bit of a 'how long is a piece of string' question, but does anyone have any evidence based figures of optimal and maximum page weights? This can be taken in the context of having a text-only/low graphics version available. Doing some quick & dirty analysis (and I hope my figures are accurate!), here are a few indicative examples inside and outside our sector (home pages, viewed in Firefox, with Javascript, Flash etc all enabled): Guardian - 1204KB Times Online - 663KB BBC Home - 612KB BBC News - 676KB Natural History Museum - 217KB National Maritime Museum - 386KB Zoological Society London - 1228KB Historic Royal Palaces - 693KB Royal Opera House - 622KB Tate - 698KB Sky - 1118KB Ocado - 561KB Tescos - 188KB eBay - 546KB Facebook (logged in) - 1459KB Flickr (logged in) - 768KB I confess I was rather surprised by some of these figures, but am I just behind the times?! Thanks, James ---------------------------------------------------------------------- James Morley [log in to unmask] Website Manager Tel. +44 (0)20 8332 5759 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew www.kew.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************** For mcg information and to manage your subscription to the list, visit the website at http://www.museumscomputergroup.org.uk **************************************************